Brooder.



P. INDERMUHLE.

BROODER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.8, 1913.

1,175,766. Patented Mar. 14, 1916.

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P. lNDERMUHLE.

BROODER.

APPLICATION FILED Aue.s. 1913.

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PAUL INDEBMUHLE, OF ROBBINSVILLE, NEW JERSEY.

BROODER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 14, 1916.

Application filed August 8, 1913. Serial No. 783,809.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, PAUL INDERMUHLE, acitizen of the United States, residing at Robbinsville, in the county ofMercer and State of New Jersey, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Brooders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to brooders and it consists in the novel featureshereinafter described and claimed.

An object of the invention is to provide a brooder of simple structureadapted to be placed upon thesurface of the ground and having a floorwhich is spaced above the ground. Tn the space between the floor and thesurface of tie ground is located a lamp or other suitable heating devicefor the brooder. The floor is provided with openings located in thevicinity of the walls of the brooder for permitting the heat from thelamp or other heating device to pass up into the upper portion of thebrooder. A curtain is stretched. transversely across the upper portionof the brooder and is slashed at its lower edge portion in order thatthe chicks may pass freely from one side of the curtain to the otherside. The brooder is provided at its side with hinged doors havingtransparencies through which light may be admitted into the brooder andat one end the brooder is provided with an opening through which thechicks may pass as they leave or enter the brooder.

In the accompanying drawing :Figure 1 is a perspective view of thebrooder. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 isa transverse sectional view of the same. Fig. 4 is a horizontalsectional view of the same.

The brooder comprises a body 1 having a sloping roof or top 2. The roof2 may be permanently fixed to the body 1 or detachable therefrom asdesired. The body 1 is provided at its ends and in the vicinity of theroof 2 with openings 3 through which foul air may pass out of thebody 1. A floor 4 is supported in the body 1 above the lower edgethereof and the said floor is cut away at its corners as at 5 in orderthat heat may pass from below the floor above the same. A curtain 6depends from the roof 2 and the lower edge portion of the curtain isslashed whereby the curtain is rendered sufiiciently flexible to permitthe chicks to pass freely from one side to the other and at the sametime the curtain will prevent strong drafts of air passing through thebrooder or along the floor. The body 1 18 provided at one end withopening 7 and an inclined foot-piece 8 over which the chicks may pass asthey enter and leave the body. The body 1 is provided at its side withhinged doors 9 which are located at the opposite sides of the curtain 6hereinbefore described. These doors 9 are provided with transparencies10 through which light may be admitted into the brooder.

Any suitable securing devices as for instance buttons 11 may be providedupon the body 1 for holding the doors 9 in closed position. A shield 12preferably of sheet metal is supported from the under side of the floor4 by means of brackets 18 which are attached to the floor and the cornerportions of the said shield. Brackets 13 hold the shield 12 spaced fromthe floor. A lamp 14 is adapted to rest upon the surface of the groundbelow the floor and the said lamp is preferably provided with a glasschimney 15, glass being used for the reason that it does not accumulatesoot nor will it rust. The body 1 is provided at its side and at a pointbelow the floor at with openings 16 through which air may pass from theinterior into the said body. Below the floor this air is heated by thelamp and moves up into the upper portion of the brooder to the openingsprovided at the cutaway portions 5 of the floor 4: and then up and outof the body 1 through the opening 3. The shield 12 prevents the heatfrom the lamp 14 from coming in direct contact with the floorimmediately above the lamp and consequently there is no danger of thebrooder becoming heated by the lamp to such an extent as to start fire.In practice a hole is dug in the ground and the lamp 4 is positioned inthe same. The body 1 is then placed over the lamp so that the shield 12is spaced approximately one inch from the upper end of the chimney 15.Therefore it will be seen that the body 1 is closed at its lower edge bythe surface of the ground and the floor 4; is suiiiciently heated torender the same comfortable to the chicks. The chicks may roost upon thefloor and they may be fed thereon at either or both sides of the curtain6.

Having described the invention what is claimed is A brooder comprising abody open at its lower side, a roof closing the upper side of the body,a floor located in'the body be-' tween the roof and its lower open side,said floor being cut away at its corner portions and immediately at thecorners of the body,

ing its edges spaced from and terminating 1C short of the openings atthe corners of the body.

In testimony whereof I affix my signa= ture in presence of twoWitnesses. PAUL INDERMUHLE.

Witnesses:

ALVIN W. SYims, ELLERY ROBBINS.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents.

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